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Burgess discusses kenaf, a plant with amazing market potential and versatility that may one day outpace tobacco and cotton in the state's agricultural economy. Farmers in eastern North Carolina hope to become the world's largest single source of processed kenaf. The plant, which is cultivated worldwide, can stand twelve feet high and is very dense. Currently, a group of farmers in Greene, Pitt, and few other counties is growing kenaf. The group, known as Greene Natural Fibers, grows the crop, processes it, and develops markets for their products.
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16923
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North Carolina agriculture, once leading the nation in returns per planted acres, has been hard hit in recent years. But a small, determined group of Eastern North Carolina family farmers has refused to give up their farms. Growing the kenaf plant, eastern North Carolina farmers have found an environmentally-friendly, profitable, fixed-price alternative to commodity crops.
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16945
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Nimmo discusses the history, production, manufacturing, and use of kenaf, a plant of the hibiscus family primarily grown for its fiber.
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